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11. BONDED
TOGETHER
Matt Bond
Title: Chairman,
Content
Distribution,
NBCUniversal
Years in
Cable: 22
Education: BS, BA,
Marketing and Finance,
University of Denver;
JD, University of Colorado
Mac Budill
Title: President,
TV Networks Distribution,
NBCUniversal
(pictured, below)
Years in Cable: 23
Education: BA, Yale;
MBA, Harvard
Frances Manfredi
Title: President, TV & New
Media Distribution, U.S. &
Canada, NBCUniversal
Years in Cable: 20
Education: BS, NYU;
MBA, Stern
Best Advice in 7 Words
12. OPTIMUM
BALANCE
Kristin Dolan
Title: COO, Cablevision
Years in Cable: 25
Education: Bachelor's, English,
State University of New York at
Albany; Master's in publishing
with a concentration in marketing,
Pace University; Master's, English
Literature, Long Island University
at the C.W. Post Campus
or Less: Life is short so love
your work.
Together Bond, Budill and
Manfredi combine their efforts
to bring profitability, prestige
and progress to NBCU. Last
year, Bond and his team
oversaw negotiations with
more than 225 distributors
and are credited with making
the Olympic Winter Games
available to the nation's 100
million-plus cable, satellite
and telco customers. This
year, Budill continues to focus
on driving value for NBCU
both on its cable network and
with its retransmission goals.
The exec is charged with
completing MVPD distribution
agreements and launching
cross-platform affiliate
marketing campaigns for the
NASCAR franchise coming
in July. Manfredi brought
in more than $1 billion in
revenue last year distributing
NBCU's off-net television and
film to basic and pay cable
platforms as well as new
media platforms in the U.S.
and Canada.
Budill
If I had a show on YouTube
it would be called...
Everything Taking Too Long...
it would just be footage of me
behind the wheel, with filming
and mocking commentary
provided by my wife.
If I could interrupt Kanye
West just once, I would
tell him... Relax... Bey is
doing just fine.
My " Real Housewives "
catch-phrase is... " I may
work in cable... but I own it. "
Desert Island Album:
The King is Dead by The
Decemberists
Favorite TV show as a kid:
Card-carrying member of
" The Partridge Family " fan
club
Manfredi
I watch the
majority of
programming
on this
device: Still
HD television
I wish Congress
would
just...
focus on domestic health,
education, and welfare
services for U.S. citizens
in need.
Twitter, Instagram or
Snapchat? No, thank you.
My favorite newfound
hobby: Acoustic guitar
If my office produced a
viral video, the background
music would be...
" Revolution "
Which character would
I most want to doublecross
me on " Game of
Thrones " and why? Jaime
Lannister, because being
around him would be worth
getting double crossed!
Favorite vacation spot:
Rome or Venice
Brian Sweeney
Title: President & CFO, Cablevision
Years in Cable: 22
Education: Bachelor's, Computer
Science, University of Virginia; MBA,
Finance, the Wharton School at the
University of Pennsylvania
Best Advice in 7 Words or Less:
" If you can dream it, you can do
it. " - Walt Disney
Collaboration among C suite-level
executives is a key to Cablevision's
growth and ability to
implement new strategies
and initiatives-and
keep shareholders happy.
Sweeney is the senior
exec who coordinates
the efforts of all business
units, with Dolan concentrating
on the cable
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and ad sales side. To them, network
management is just as important as
customer service, commercial and residential
customers are all equally valued,
and one business unit can only succeed
when the others do as well. With that
balance top of mind, it's no wonder
Cablevision continues to succeed.
Dolan
I watch most programming on
this device: Connected TV
Favorite screen: Kindle Paperwhite
Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat?
Instagram
The technology that will most
benefit cable over the next year
is: WiFi!!
Favorite vacation spot: On a
boat in the Mediterranean with
my family
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Who's on tap for the next
big comeback?
Viggo Mortensen
Desert Island Album:
The Beatles - White Album
Favorite TV show as a kid:
The 4:30 Movie
The last time I had a
good laugh was...
watching the Saturday
Night Live 40th Anniversary
Special.
Dish I can make and that
would impress a celebrity
chef: Homemade pesto
My favorite business/
motivational book:
Overwhelmed: How to
Work, Love, and Play
When No One Has the
Time by Brigid Schulte ■
Sweeney
I watch most programming on
this device: HD TV
Biggest cable innovation this
year: Service Matters
If I had a show on YouTube it
would be called...
" Eight is Enough "
Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat?
Instagram ■
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